Let's talk.

yes its 2am atm over here - I fell out of my puter chair about an hr ago asleep and did a drunks landing on the floor - no broken anything and now can't sleep - if only I'd had a bum to hold onto!! xxxx

 

yes he's very good ain't he just!

 

Do you like the poem? lol

 

You are indeed. xxx

 

People don't really talk much anymore. Not in a meaningful way. I'd also bet that 99% of communication is not face-to-face.

I'd add "social" media has caused more isolation than connection.

 

Not for me. I still chat in the real world for England.

 

Where exactly? I have no idea where people meet anymore. It seems like everyone I ask meets someone they found on their phone. I don't have the internet on mine. Just a flip, and it's already turned off (I always turn it off by about 5-6pm)

 

Mostly in Town. I know everyone.
I always have a funny story to share.

 

DUCK EVERYONE !!! Sometime today another chunk of space rock is set to come very close to us !!!


'Potentially hazardous' asteroid a half-mile wide to whizz past Earth on Tuesday

Rob Waugh
31 October 2022, 5:53 pm
A huge asteroid believed to be almost a half-mile wide will whizz past our planet on Tuesday.

The "potentially hazardous" space rock is called 2044 RM4 and has an estimated diameter of 1,083 to 2,428 feet, not far off 2,640 feet, or half a mile.

The asteroid will reach its closest approach to Earth on 1 November, LiveScience reported.

It will pass our planet at 52,500mph, 1.43 million miles away – six times the distance between Earth and the moon.

Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn said on Twitter earlier this month: "No danger, but newly-discovered asteroid 2022 RM4 will pass less than six lunar distances on 1 November. Possibly as wide as 740 meters, it will brighten to mag 14.3, well within reach of backyard telescopes. This is very close for an asteroid this size."

It’s classified as "potentially hazardous" due to the fact it repeatedly flies past Earth fairly nearby, but it poses no threat in the immediate future.

Astronomy expert Kelly Kizer Whitt, of EarthSky, said: "The Pan-STARRS 2 telescope in Hawaii discovered a new asteroid on 12 September 2022 that might be as large as a half-mile wide.

"Additional observations, including some on 5 October 2022, from Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona, confirmed the asteroid's path. The Minor Planet Center has given the asteroid the designation 2022 RM4."

An impact with a rock of this size could plunge the Earth into a mini-Ice Age, Nasa warned in a 2016 study.

Temperatures could fall by up to 8C and the effects could last for up to 10 years due to soot in the atmosphere.

"These would not be pleasant times," said Charles Bardeen, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

 

We have to sort these things out once and for all.

 

any suggestions??

 

Yes look at my latest photo thread. Lol

 

where??

 

Click on this link.
Candy's travels. 24 hours in London. 30-31st October 2022

 

Seems I now have a job !!!

Joining the nurses on the picket lines outside my local hospital !!!


Nurses across the UK vote to strike in unprecedented action
‘Anger has become action – our members are saying enough is enough’ says RCN chief Pat Cullen

Rebecca Thomas
Health Correspondent
37 minutes ago
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Nurses across the UK have voted in favour of strike action in an unprecedented move, the Royal College of Nursing has confirmed.

Staff in 131 NHS organisations across England, 12 in Wales, 23 in Scotland and 11 in Northern Ireland have voted for strike action.


All NHS employers in Northern Ireland and Scotland will be included and all bar one in Wales met the relevant legal thresholds.


This is the first time nurses across all four nations in the UK have voted for strike action, and comes as other health care unions, Unite, Unison and GMB are also balloting members.

The RCN said many of the biggest hospitals in England will see strike action following the vote, while some “narrowly missed” the legal turnout threshold.

All NHS employers in Northern Ireland and Scotland will face industrial action and all apart from one in Wales.

RCN general secretary and chief executive Pat Cullen said: “Anger has become action – our members are saying enough is enough. The voice of nursing in the UK is strong and I will make sure it is heard. Our members will no longer tolerate a financial knife-edge at home and a raw deal at work.


“Ministers must look in the mirror and ask how long they will put nursing staff through this. While we plan our strike action, next week’s Budget is the UK government’s opportunity to signal a new direction with serious investment. Across the country, politicians have the power to stop this now and at any point.

“This action will be as much for patients as it is for nurses. Standards are falling too low and we have strong public backing for our campaign to raise them. This winter, we are asking the public to show nursing staff you are with us.”

The initial action is expected to be taken before the end of the year the RCN said and it has until May 2023 to complete them.




(PA)
The ballot was launched on 6 October and was launched after the government offered nurses a below-inflation pay award. The Royal College of Nursing is calling for a pay rise that is at least 5 per cent above inflation which currently sits at 12 per cent.


Responding to the results health secretary Steve Barclay said the news about the strike action was “disappointing”.

He tweeted: “It is disappointing some RCN members voted for industrial action.

“We accepted the recommendations of the independent NHS Pay Review Body in full and have given over one million NHS workers a pay rise of at least £1,400 this year on top of a 3 per cent rise last year.

“I’m hugely grateful for the hard work and dedication of NHS staff, including nurses.

“That’s why supporting the NHS and social care workforce to care for patients is one of my priorities, and we have already recruited 30,000 of the 50,000 more nurses we promised by 2024.“But union demands for a 17.6 per cent pay settlement are around three times what millions of people outside the public sector will typically receive and simply aren’t reasonable or affordable. Labour have also refused to back this.

“Regrettably, this action will mean some patients will have their treatment delayed.

“My priority is to keep patients safe during any strikes, minimise disruption and ensure emergency services continue to operate.”

When strikes take place NHS trusts are likely to cancel planned surgeries but will maintain emergency care. NHS chiefs have said they are planning for “bank holiday” style staffing levels.

NHS Confederation chief executive Matthew Taylor said: Years of suppressed pay alongside 47,000 vacancies across England and rising demand for healthcare have led to many feeling demoralised and that they are at the end of the road.

“The entire NHS is being hit hard by rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis and with other trade unions also considering industrial action for their members, this feeling of despair is felt from other health professions and the wider public sector too.

“We hope that the negotiating parties can reach a compromise that will both minimise disruption to patient care and benefit frontline staff. The last thing anyone wants is a ‘war of attrition playing out over many months.”

 

Why are eggs being rationed in the UK?

What next? Ration books!!!!

 

Where are the trepanning, trepanation tools??

 

Google is my best trepanning friend.

 

Really???
Will it rain tomorrow!

 

I wish it would but it don't look pretty...